OrderPaperToday – The Senate on Tuesday begun moves to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow for the creation of State Police.
It directed its Committee on Constitutional Review to introduce a bill to that effect in two weeks time.
The Red chamber also resolved that the Police Reform; and Peace and Reconciliation Bills be passed also within two weeks.
This followed on a Point of Order raised by Senator Jonah Jang (PDP, Plateau) on the killings that took place recently in Plateau State..
Giving his remarks, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki once again condemned the killing in all totality.
He noted that, “these are acts of criminality and we should not encourage any other colouration to it, be it religious or otherwise. This is criminality. And as such, we have a role to ensure that we must address this criminality to see how we can fight it.”
Other resolutions asked security agencies to stop involving themselves in the politics of the nation.
It also urged the Executive to overhaul the security architecture of the country and to put in place a better security action plan and decisively tackle violent terror attacks threatening the continuous existence of communities in the North Central geopolitical zone and indeed Nigeria as a whole.
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